1. Today: Race -What is race? -Stereotypes -Types of discrimination
Crime continued
Asn#5: As you enter, before class starts write a stereotype/phrase on the board that you feel others have of a group you belong to (does not have to be a racial or ethnic group) that is not true. Prepare to discuss.
-What is race?
-Stereotypes
-Types of discrimination
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”–Booker T. Washington, educator and author

3. Directions on website. Must be typed.
4 points
Strong understanding of theory demonstrated (you correctly explain the theory and exactly how you think it connects to the crime)
3 points
Summary of crime includes important details (who, what, where, when)
1 point
Sources provided (News source and date of crime included in APA or MLA format, class notes cited as well)
2 points
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation correct.
Total possible: 10 points
***Explain the theory as if you were writing about it for someone who hasn’t taken a sociology class

4. How did the concept of race begin?

5. Race vs. Ethnicity
Race: a category of people who share physical characteristics
Ethnicity: a shared cultural heritage and/or national origin
Example: Cubans/Puerto Ricans/Dominicans -same ethnicity but can be of different races

6. Race is a social construct
Categories not based on science.
Race is a social construction
Scientifically we are all a part of the same race-the human race.

7. Race is a social construct
Criteria we use to distinguish race are blurred and imperfect.

8. Race is a social construct
Racial boundaries are set by social agreement.
Criteria such as skin color, eye shape, nose shape, and geographical origin can overlap

9. Race is a social construct
Most people are not of one “race.”
England
Iraq
Pakistan
View Black and Latino

10. Race is a social construct
Most people are not of one “race.”

11. Historical Racial Classification and the Census Years and Categories:
1890 White, Black, Mulatto, Quadroon*, Octaroon**, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian
1900 White, Black, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian
1910 White, Black, Mulatto, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Other (plus write-in)
1920 White, Black, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean, and Other (plus write-in)
1930 White, Negro, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean (Other races, spell out in full) 1940 White, Negro, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean (Other races, spell out in full)
*Quadroon-1 grandparent other white **Octaroon-One biracial grandparent

12. Historical Racial Classification and the Census Years and Categories:
1950 White, Negro, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino (Other races, spell out)
1960 White, Negro, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Part Hawaiian, Aleut, Eskimo
1970 White, Negro or Black, Indian (American), Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Other (print race)
1980 White, Negro, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian (American), Asian Indian, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Eskimo, Aleut, Other (specify); each person can also be Hispanic or Latino.

13. U.S. Census 1990
*Aleut: indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska

14. U.S. Census 2000

15. U.S Census 2010

16. Stereotypes
A preconceived, simplistic idea about the members of a group
Hinder social interactions, lead to false assumptions about others

17. Guidelines for discussing race and ethnic relations:
Respect
Respect each other’s viewpoints.
Allow everyone to complete their statements before responding
Remember not to make generalizations or stereotypical comments about any racial, ethnic, or religious groups (even your own).

18. Assignment
Write a stereotype or label on the board that you feel others have of a group you belong to (does not have to be a racial or ethnic group)
Be prepared to discuss
5 points
Vandalism part 1 4:30
Vandalism in park

19. Prejudice and Discrimination
Prejudice- attitudes
Fear, anger, strong dislike, hatred, other negative emotions

20. Prejudice and Discrimination
Discrimination –actions
Unequal treatment based on group membership

21. Prejudice and Discrimination
Racism –discriminatory beliefs or actions based on race

22. Reverse Discrimination
discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group 22

23. Modern Racism subtle form of racism that involves the belief that
serious discrimination in America no longer exists
racial inequality is the fault of minority group members
Most who fit this description do not consider themselves to be racist

24. Individual Discrimination
behavior by an individual that leads to unequal treatment
based on race or other factors
Taxi-driver refusing to pick up someone

25. Institutional Discrimination
arrangements, practices that tend to favor one group
procedures that result in unequal treatment or opportunities
May be deliberate, subtle, or unintended
Example: Taxi company instructing drivers not to pick up certain groups

26. Individual or Institutional?
Which type is more difficult to get rid of? Why?

27. Extra Credit Freedom Riders
1960’s White and Black civil rights activists that worked together to end segregation
Freedom Riders Documentary
Warning: extremely offensive language used
Trailer

28. Article White Privilege
Read the article. Prepare to discuss next class: 1. Which situations do you think still exist today? (star these) 2. Which do you think have improved? (underline these) 3. Which do you not understand? (circle these) 4. Do you recognize any positions of privilege you have in life over others (based on factors other than race)? 28 28

29. Next class
Race and Ethnicity Read article posted on class website White Privilege and prepare to discuss